Locum Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a locum consultant in obstetrics & gynaecology post to start from 1st January 2025. It is an interim post initially for 12 months to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will join the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the North Middlesex Hospital and the appointee will join the other 17 Consultants.

The new appointees will join a busy and supportive department with a strong commitment to high standards of patient care.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

It is expected that the appointees will take a full part in delivering the undergraduate curriculum, both to trainees and medical students attached to the department

The North Middlesex Hospital is in a state of rapid change with a brand new “purpose-built” Accident and Emergency Department which houses a Gynaecology Emergency Room. We have an active Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit/ Emergency Gynaecology Unit, with two trained nurse ultrasonographers plus 5 Consultant sessions, two ultrasound machines with pulsed colour Doppler facilities, and daily beta-hCG assays.

The hospital has been designated as a Cancer Unit within the “North Central” London Oncology network.

There are modern, up-to-date facilities for minimal access gynaecological surgery including video cameras, laparoscopes, hystero-resectoscopes, Novasure endometrial ablation. The success of the service has led to increased demand for minimal access surgery from GPs and patients. There are weekly out-patient hysteroscopy clinics.

There is at present one weekly gynaecological urodynamic session. Enfield and Haringey Health Authority employ a senior nurse incontinence advisor and there is an active incontinence support group with a senior physiotherapist.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Consultant will be covering C/S list on Fridays from 8:30 to 13:00.

Proposed Job Plan

Total DCC 5.4

Total SPA 0.6

Total   6 PA

This is a model job plan that is subject to changes depending on service needs.